Puffed-valance retainer



Nov. 19, 19 29; MADSEN, JR 1,736,086

PUFFED VALANCE RETAINER Filed June 21, 1928 Fatented Nov. 19, 1929UNETED stares ABNER L. MADSEN, JR...

PUFFED-VALANCE RETAIR'ER Application filed June '21,

introduce a novel tie device to keep the puffs of the valance in thegiven form. A further object of the invention is to incorporate in thenovel tie device the cap and cor-d grou effects incident to tasselornaments used wit valances.

A final, but nevertheless important object of the invention is toconstruct the novel tie I device with utmost simplicity. I

WVith the above objects in vlew andany others that may suggestthemselves in the.

specification and claims to follow, a better understanding of theinvention may be had by reference to the accompanying drawing, in whichI I V Fig. 1 is a fragmental view of a typical valance, showing a seriesof pufis or folds formed at two points and indicating the novel tiedevice; I I

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of the valance at the puffed area, showingthe application of the tie device; i Y

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cap ornament referred to, showing afragment of the tie device applied; and

Fig. 4 is a similar view, takenfrom the rear, and indicating amodification. In the art of forming valances with a periodical puffedeffect, the series of puffs or folds at each point has until the presenttime I been secured by stitching after the material has been shirred toform the puffs. Each puff had to be stitched separately by hand, so thatconsidering a valance with many puffed areas, the process of formingthese areas has entailed much time and labor. It has been customary toprovide certain ornamental effects in front of the valance, such astassels, I rosettes and the like, and I have incorporated in the use ofthe novel tie device theeifects of a tassel cap or ornament and of atassel cord group. r The novel tie device is mainly for'the purpose ofkeeping the puffs or folds of the valance in proper relation and shape.In the construction of the tie device, I use a base .easily threaded.

1928 Serial no. 287,309.

Mm IE E-7Y or CHICAGQILLENOISL essrenon or ONE-HALF To onnier e.snnnnornor cnicnc 'j tmmors V knot 5 andfcord g roupfi of a standard orartificial tassel. ,Thus in the caseiof an artificial tassel, Iconstruct the effect of the knot and cord group from a sheet of pressedmetal or other suitable material. From the knot I produce an extensioninthe form ofa long pin 7 which constitutes the main element of the tiedevice. As indicated in Fig. 2, I pass the pin 7 whose free end ispointed as indicated at'8 upwardly through the pufi's or folds 90f thevalance, as they are shaped by the worker, and when the top of the puflseries has been reached, I pass the pin through an offset portion 10 ofthe cap ornament 11, an'd'finally through the'upper portion of thevalance toward therear side thereof, as indicated at 12, then foldingorbending the end of the pin down as shown at 13. The

offset 10 is struck from the-medial portion of the cap ornament 11simply toprovidea Pass Sa e and hold for thepin 7.

he body portion of the pin is pressed a series of crnn'ps or kinks 7spaced approximately as the puffs 9, and these crimps are,

used to define the positions of and serve as supports for the'pufi s. vr

It .will be seen that the, pin 7 constitutes a tie device of utmostsimplicity fortheseries .ofpuffs or folds of the valance'.-. Itis'notadifficult wmatterto thread the pin through end portion of. the pinthrough theoffsetof r the series of folds as thelatter aremade, and

once this has been done, the passing ofthe,

the ornament 11 provides a reinforcement therefat; and bending such endportion through the I valance I and 1 down anchors it to the valance. f

vice, employing a-plain orf uncrimped pin 14.

Where'the valance "is of light or fairlystiffw material this form shouldserve. the purpose, bemg at thesame t1me less costly and more WVhile theabove described tie device is a mechanically eflicient structure, itwill be ment for the tassel knot and-cord group by Figure 4 shows amodified form 'ofthe deseen that-itembodies as well the cap orna- Iway'of ornamentation' Thus, wh'en the valanoe is viewed from the front,the"pin 7 is perfectly invisible, and no mechanical ele ment issuggested by the appearance of the puff series to indicate that'such anelement supports it in shape. -But the cap element and tasselincidentsare generally visible, and

the effect is simple and pleasing.

Iclaim:- p r '1. VAiretainer for the succession of folds in a puffedvalance, comprising a pin adapted to be passed through such folds, andsaid pin having irregularities adapted to" be posiv. a tioned betweenthe folds to separate the same.

2. A retainer for the substantially vertical succession of folds in apuffed vvalance; compointed end of the pin.-

prising apinadapted to be passed through a such folds, and'said pinhaving ledge formattions' a'dapted to be positioned between the foldstosupport the same. f

*3. "A 'reta-iner for the series of folds in a pufied valance,comprising a pin having a shoulder adjacent one end and a point attheother adapted to be pass'edthrough such folds from one end of theseries, and an exposed ornamental plate at the opposite end of theseries of folds and provided with means at its back to receive andanchor'the 4'. A retainer for the series of folds ina puffed valance,comprising a pin adapted to be passed through such folds from one end ofthe series, and a plate at the opposite end V is of the series of 'foldsand provided with means to anchor the corresponding end of the pin,-suchend of the pin'bei'ng adapted to be 7 extended from the plate throughthe valance and to be deflected to form a hook engageable in saidanchoring means of the plate.

' 5. The combination set forth in claim 4, 7'

and said plate being disposed against the outer surface of one ofsaidfolds to conceal the end of the pin. 6. 'The'jconibination-in a puffedvalance having a series of successiveffolds, a pin in- 7 'sertible,through such folds and said pin be-- V ingformed with a series of offsetbends adapted toengage said folds to separate the same. p V. i7. The.combination in a puffed valance having a series of. successive folds, apin intachable adjacent the pointed end of the pin -to hold thesame inplace. 1 V

sertible through such folds, and'vmeans' ata In testimony whereof I,affix my signature. I H "A-BNER L; MADSEN, JR.-

